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'I I -'. t. .f. .. it5' -.!.;. I FBI CJFITA ily Gazette f (JASTOM- A ctty f TONIA Otitu Cstaty li 11,611. PopnU- 11.242; total wealth. MJJTS,749. good schools sad A good pUoe t Itvs. lato ia.7i. iuj . . rV MEMBXS OF THE ASSOCIATED VOL.XU. NO. 277. , GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 18, 1920 SINGLE COPY I CEZm 4 RESIDENT-ELECT URGES PLAIN LIVING AND SQUARE DEALING OAS Da NATION - WIDE STRIKE URGED i LOW PRICES FARM r . " "National Farmers' Union Urges Farmers to Withhold Products From Market Until Profit Making Levels Are Restored - In Retaliation For Abnormal Deflation in Prices of Farm Products. (By The Associated Iress. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 18 A aation-wide irodueers' strike to combat the falling prices of farm products was rged Iu a call sent out today by the National Farmers' Union to its local onions throughout the country. The call, in the form of a resolution adopted at the national convention of the organization here, went forward to 1 secretaries of local branches of the organization, which represent pro ducers of grain, cotton, wool and live stock, said to number 800,000. The proposed strike was urged in re taliation for what the convention con sidered abnormal deflation in prices of farm products, through which it was .asserted "American farmers have been sobbed of one billion dollars in reduced value of products now on hand. "All farmers were irged to hold this year's production from the markets until "profit ssaking levels" were restored. The action of the National Fanners' Union was in line with a ' ' wheat strike ' ' .called several weeks ago by the Wheat Growers Association of the United 43tates. Delegates asserted a consider able quantity of this year's wheat crop was being held off the market by farm on. Reduction of production in the future was threatened "unless the prices of our products are fairly readjusted to the end that we may obtain just returns from our labors and investments" in another resolution approved by the convention. Officials of the organization pointed out thai members were not under obli gation to obey the terms of the strike but expressed the belief that such a movement would be effective. A conference of representatives of all farmers organizations of the country was called to meet iu St. Louis, December lti, to consider the creation of a national farm marketing board. Charles S. Barrett, of Union City. Ga., who has served for 15 years as president of the union, was re elected last night. JAP STUDENTS DEBATE THE QUESTION: "SHALL JAPAN FIGHT AMEBIC'.? J Two Thousand University Stu dents Argue Question For Four Hours, But no Decision is Reached Say America is Tired of Japan. TOKIO, Nov. 16 Two thousand I University students met here tonight to 8:00 p. m. General Session--City Au oUscuss the question: "Shall Japan fight ditorium. (1) Music. (2) Address, America T" the debate lasted four hours and was marked bjv vehement oratory, but the audience remained in good humor dur ing the evening. The managers of the meeting, out of deference to the police, decided not to take a vote on the merits f the question as disclosed by the speak- : era, and apparently the audience was qnaily divided as to the expediency of war between the two countries. Speakers taking part in the debate agreed that the action of California in . legislating against Japanese owning property in that state furnished a suf lacisat cause for hostilities, but they differed concerning the expediency of ing to war. . Maj pointed out that facta of Ameri ' wealth and preparedness contrasted with Japan's weakness. One student , thought that if Jspan attacked America J- over this question, other- white races , might combine against Japan. The "orators freely praised America's past . " friendliness for this country, but added : I ."Now that Japan is grown np, Ameri--oa is tired of -us." CK0BGIA HOB DISPERSES SWIFT AND EASLT PUNISHMENT iBr lh Aastmated rrma.j DOUGLAS, Ga., Nov. 18. Two negro sad a negro woman, all Implicated yia the killing yesterday afternoon of Pearly' Harper, s prominent young planter' of this county, were lined up and hot at an early hour this morning fcy a mob of more thAn 150 men whs verpowjTod Sheriff Tanner and two dep ftlas who, werd , sHemptisg to ' get the r to ntigKrald for safekeeping. . 1 PRODUCERS' TO COMBAT PRODUCT WARNS MANUFACTURERS "Manufacturers must get out of the habit of relying npon the government." says Edmund Piatt, vice governor of the federal reserve boards He also points out that prices are coming down because the public, not the govern ment. Is In chnrge now- and that the general drop In prices will make the credit situation much ensler. GASTOINAA lEAGhERS TO ATTEND ASSEMBLY Twenty-five Gastonia teachers will at tend the sessions of the North Carolina Teachers Assembly iu Asheville next week. The sessiVus begin Wednesday, November 'M, at i : .1 ,. 111. and continue .,Ug!i i'ri. N her Those gi lug from Gastonia. in addition to a number from the county are: l'rofs. Joe S. ray, W. 1. Crier, (i. P. Heilig, E. J. Aherae'Ky and M sses BkJa Bradley, Eula O'enn, Fannie md Mary Mitchell, Kath erine Whitener, Margaret Tidd.v, Minnie '.id i'lchn, 1 ..lit 1 1 Ma. 11 , Sallie Stunner, Edmee and Katie Smith, Eunice Riggins. I.'.;:'i t,'J,i.;ii. Saddle Steu.nt. Pearl Gallant, Carrie. Morris, El'io (Harris n, Dora Squires, Essie M'.irton. Agnes Young and Annie Cushion. The program of the assembly is as fol lows : Wednesday, November 24. 4:.T0 p. m. Firs business meeting. Auditorium. Ci'v Hieh S liool Ideals Back of th Renort of the Edu- ationnl O. mmission and the Revised I School Code." Dr. Frank P. Bachman, General Education Board. Thursday, Novemb?r 25. 9:30 a. m. General Session. City Au ditorium. The Report of the Educa tional Commission: (1) B. H. Wright, Chairman of Commission; (2) E. C. Rrtfcks, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; (3) General discussion. 11:30 a. m. Thanksgiving Service. City Auditorium. Sermon by Rev. W. D. Moss, Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, N. C. 8:00 p. ni. General Session. City Au dhorium. (1) Music. (2) President's Address. S. B. Underwood, Greenville, N C.N (3) Musk. (4) Address. Dr. Edwin Minis, Professor of English, Van Jcrbilt University. Nashville, Tenn. Friday, Nov mber 26. 2:30 p. m. Annual Business Session. City Auditorium. 8:00 p. m. General SessVon. City Au ditorium. (1) Musi- (2) Address. Dr George A. Works, Professor of Rural Education, Cornell University, Itliica, N. T. Officer? of the assembly are: Presi dent. 8. B. Underwood, Greenville; vice rreshlent, R. TT. Latham. WinomB'Ipm ; fcret,iry -treasurer, A. T. Allen, Raleigh. I Executive C-rn"'',ft"' : S. B. Underword. "T offe'o; R. H. T,Vham. ex oftWi; N. W. Wsiker. e "rtici": A. T. Allen, ex nfEeio; Dr F. C"Y Ma'ijn; M:sr Miry Arrinpton, Rocky Mnunt; A. 8. Wehb, "ne-ird; L. A. Wi'lisms.vChapel Hill; Geo. TToward, Jr, Tarboro; K. R. Cuiv tls, Kinston. - . J K -I I . (V slrC 1 MiniwiiiiBwwo-fefaMfracwcy GYPSY SMITH, JR., SCORES UODERN SINS IN POWERFUL SERi'OK TO GASTGNISNS WEDNESDAY , Informal Gospel Talk Made to Large Congregation of Chris tians at Wednesday AfUrMon Service Thirty Parsons Respond to Dr. HendrUto't Call For Active Workers Wednesday Night Sarric Sslendidly Attended Ser- vices Today and With evident satisfaction Mi fttSfSSS- ha UiMSS at God, and dou 't you leuiem lug interest several huudrof SS0 Imt VWl Upfmi V hiM, how be bad to up the congregation, larwy CMttm, at 8v vMV ttis eatUs tm tho field and eat the First Presbyterian harsh to War fMr graaaf TWt sag hi to hare taught Gypsy bmith Vvednesday afterntiW, this yw thai 71 ShI so saasr at Gtd and being the first afternoon service ttinee wis mat. This la the writing and tls; jn- Sunday. The increased interest was manifst when thirty persons, at the call cf Lr. ileinierme, iciiiain a lor a con ference of personal workers, after the service. Mr. Allen concluded a short serviie by singing as a solo "Open My Eyes That I May See." Rev. W. B. Lindsay, of Charlotte, led in prayer. Mr. lend the sixth hcypter 'of I'. 'ail's Epistle to the Ephesians, chWsing for li.s tet Jic eleventh verse: "Put on , Tiie wimie armor 01 Ijoil, that ye may he ; alV to stand against pie wiles of the iiiei!." After slating that Christians j should be fully fortified agains the de ; vices of the arch enemy of mankind, Mr. Smith said there are many wiles of the devil beginning with v, and warned his hearers against two very important ones, 1 Dethronement and Disarrangement. Suin- 1 '1 Mil his arguments f"r these p'oints, Mr. Smith issued the following admoni tions: Walk circumspectly. Beware of surprises, remember the necessity for watchfulness; beware of exhaustion, re member the law of replenishment; be ware of uncertainty, remember the law of faith ; beware of inactivity, remember the law of work; beware "of inaccuracy, remember the law of truth. All personal workers and all who will do personal work are requested to meet Mr. Gillespie in the rest room at 7:15 each night. Mr. Smith will speak at the chapel exercises of West school Friday morning at 10 o'clock and at St. Paul's : lored Baptist church Friday night at 9 p. m. Mr. Smith preached at night to a ca pacity audience, every available space in the church being taken. Mr. Allen spe cialized in chorus singing. He and Miss Edmee Smi;h sang a duet. A song by little Misses Underwood, McCombs and Brison featured the evening service. Mr. Smith's sermon was from Daniel 5-27: "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." Babylon" was a city of many wonders. Oik modern cities, in some respects, have never yet begun to equal the marvels of the ancients. Babylon had a city wall around it that was sixty miles in cir cumference. There was a public square in the center of the city, and twelve ave nues lending into it. And there wers 'wen'y fie gates of soli 1 brass, so that hey cmihl clear the center of the s piare in a few 111 ments, shutting themselves off t'rr.1)! tl e en'ire city so that the could Vive the'r public meetings uninter' r '--Tin a Nebuchadnezzar built a moun'nin four hundred and nine y six feet hipli, in l every snade nf dirt was carried there. T' ere ne'e wonderful terraces supported by high arches all armnd the side of the mount-tin, and on these terraces crew all 'he beau'i.'s of the tropics. Pf. if it vi!s beautiful in the dav -time, it must l.ave L'eri g wpenus at nigh. A royal "feast is on in the ciy. Rel sh.i7zar"s father was the real king, but ind jrro away on a nrl'tary expedition, and while away the Medes and Pers:ans had besieged the city, so they had shut the father out and the son assumed the 1 . Veins of government, and, beoominir ches ty over the im rtance of his position, he proposes to" give a royal barKjuet, some kind of an innugural ceremony. The palace is brilliant with beauty. One thousand of his lords and ladies are there and all the high rulers of society. As the king takes his place at the head of te table, the supper begins. And while the wine flows they shout, "Oh, King RelshaKar, live forever!" He begins to think himself the biggest thing in the universe, and, i show his contempt for the little trds the Jews called Jehovah, he sent to the heathen temple for the vessels of s'lver and cold that bad been consecrated to Almighty God, and while they drank out of those sacred vessels, they blnfinhcmcd and sneered at the God of the Jews, and shouted, "Hurrah for Kir-cr Relshazzar!" Ijt suddenly te kind's face whitens, the vessel that he is holding crashes to the ss he !"hs an armless hand writing on thp will, smr s'l-nnfe writ ing. He is nfraid immediae'v and calls for h5 oo'ivpr. a"d "agr"l"wrs. to intemret to him th,. mining cf the writ ini, but tvev are unahle to d it. His m'er, k ming to comfort h;m. si vs. "There h a mn in v ur prison bv the name of Dnniol. wo. I or" "e. c" t.M 1 . ... ;l 1 as whrt 'n'S 8,TM"",'P trr-""" me"s. d f-r Daniel. n is like a rreet winy other men w-en thev r nrrd'Vev sw vpry fr'''rin to see "mt Trencher nr nr'e'. And h says to h'm. "T en inNret ths writing fr "n. knV be'ore s. le r' rem'd t f ef fnrtfl"r upd wha han pened to hit Don't yon remember that at 3:30 and 7:30 P. M. teryrctation. 'Mens', which mesas Lhd hath numbereil thy kingdom and finished it; ' Tekel ', thou are weighed iu the bal ance and found wanting; 'Ugiharsin', thy kingdom is divided and given to tin Me. lis and Persians." And the k.ng -said, "Is that all Let the music go on and the dancing go on." But the s ildier8 outside of the city had been very Lnsy. There was the River Euphrates which ran under the wall, and King Cyrus, the Medes and Persians had turned the river out of its course and tho sold ers marched on tli dry bed .of the river, under the city wall, and were in thee ity before any of them knew of it. The palace fif mirth became the hall of death, for that night was Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, slain. My text is, "Thou art weighed in the balance and found wanting." Remem ber, you will be weighed in God's scales. It is possible to le a heavy weight in the sight Of public opini n and your neigh bors' estimation, ind a feather weight in the sight of God. The first weight that I want to throw into one side of the scale while you jump into the other is this one, "Thou shalt have no other gods bejre me." Every man has a god, and that is a man's god which is the center of his life, around which his whole life moves and circles. Money is many a man ' god. He will lie, cheat, vilify, commit murder, all for the almighty dollar. It is just as much 8ome men 's god as though they were to take a ijollar bill, frame it, and then get down on their knees and worship it daily. Spme men will do anything in the world, selling their conscience, defying God, all te increase their rating in Bradstreet and t5ui. With some people, society is taoir god. We dress the way we do and Hve 'he way we do, because society expects it. If you put God first in Jjme circles and socie'y L .st, nm of them will have no use for ynu. There are a great many folks in this sisy, Sum aaaaes are sa tho church roll, wao Bk God plBv second fiddle to every little, society pro; -si'i n that comes along. The second weight that T want to throw into the scale is this one, ''TI1011 nlialt not take the name of the Lord thy ! vi in." The only ' (nidation for j good ! I.e t character Is a reverence for God. e slightest provocation arise anil j some men think they have a certain right j to damn and curse. Y'-u can always tell j what kind of wheels a m. lias in Ins iie id by the sji; kes that come out of his I mouth. If I were t(o call you a certain oaioe wliicii reliecls on your motlier, y.,u Ui.iil.1, if you had a spark of manhood, n one me take it back, and yet no mother hacrifi.e.l o ni.ich or loved you si much 3s (iod. And (n.,l says " Thou shaii n-'t tiie name of tiie Lord tnv iod 1" vain," for the Lord will not hold him clean that taketh His name in vain. If there is anything that reveals a man's rotten, low-down character, it is to hear him damn and curse in the name of Jesus Christ. How much do you weigh! The third weight is this, "Remember the Sabbath day tj keep it holy." Ear seeing statesmen have said that Amer ica's greatness in the past has been her high regard for the Sababth day. If that is true, we had better look out, for we are getting mighty careless. Justice McClean .said, "Where there is no Chris tian Sabbath, there is no Christian moral ity, and where there is no Christian mor ality, there can beio natural greatness." Who are these folks who are crying for continental Sundays? Ninety per cent of them are foreigners, and the same ciwd are always crying for he Bible to be taken out of the public schools, and when you took the Bible out of your schools you dipped your colors, and you lowered the s'andard if your county Your fathers came to the white shores of Massachusetts Bay. and to th. music of the open waves, the whispering of the pine, they solemnized the marriage of liberty and sealed it with the richest blood that ever flowed through patriots' veins, and, as the atheists and infidels and other rebels against Jesus Christ dn'f like ' ur public scho.. wher tho Vord of God is read, then the thing to 1. do is to tell tnem to hike out and go vrer tey came from. Te fourth weight is this, "Honor thv fsM-er and thy mo'her. " A boy will rtfver be a mnn if he a'ways mtis ehey his parents. There comes a time L,f in div'dnal resnoris:biliy and the young msn mnst choose for himself, even thoush his choice disregards the wish and jnd mtm 0' prets. 'Vit fhere !s a time when duty expects him to obey and to (Continued on page 8) THINKS THAT A NEW AMERICA CAN' SOLVE NEW PROBLEMS ON BASIS OLD NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 198 Plain existence. Our great assurance at horn, living and square dealing were invoked I lies in a virile, intelligent, resolute pe by President-elect Ilard.ng, in a speech I pie in a land unravagedf by war, at e here today, as the nation's strongest re- ! mity with no people, envying none, covev 4iancc8 during the coming period of af- j iug nothing, seeking no territory, striv-ter-war readjustment. "Sanitary, clear! ing lur no glo.ies which do not becoin thinking, common sense, honesty und co operation," were among the qualities he named as prime necessities in meeting the demands of the new wor d order, and lie declared material interests and national happines both would benefit if the United Stales became 'a simple living people once again . ' ' Whatever discouragements and reverses then- have been. h declared, would only be temporary in character. He predict ed that a "confident America' would solve its new problems 011 the simple basis of the old time virtues and would come through the reconstruction period stronger and more dependable than ever before. ' Senator Harding's speech, delivered at a luncheon of the New Orleans Associa tion of Commerce, also contained a mes sage of assurance for the industrial de velopment of the Eouth and an expres sion of hope that the ties of commercial co-operation with Latin Ameriea would be strengthened by every possible means. The address was a part of a five hour visit to New Orleans by the president elect, who came from his vacation in Texas to take ship for a voyage to the Panama canal zone. He said in part: "I believe the American people have come to realize that we must face mo- mentous problems, and must face them j .u. r,u.u,e courage nan practical wis- dom nor excuse for despair, nor place for , pessimism. If e are effective in solv- 1 ing our problems at,home we shall be the j better able to help solve those of the , world as befits our part in modern civili- sat ion . ' ' The )ig thing for all America to rei:li.e now and always is the dignity , of productive labor. No matter how I humble, the producers are the makers of I the essentia 's of civilization and e ' must, each and all of lis, nc-cpt and dis ' courage our duty of producing ,1'or the j world or of iiiiniMering to the needs of! comfort or p,t fiess of 111.-1 n kind ' ' ' ''here are certain tuiidai.u nt.iU which are ever.ast :u-. Ne ther our own, nor1 the uoi id's s.ii ..-.tioii is to be worked out , through any patent nost r.:!' ' hrorigh any : miracle ol s aieinans .ip, through any gn ' rmnent jaaea. (lovernnient is but ' tie ageli.-y to :i, I ti 1 i 11 is ; 1 r the collective, organized ii; b'ic service. It is for them, uinler (,ovi 111 i" al leadership to hue' the gre: t 1 ; . "Curs are millions of broad ac res eager ; to respond to man's cultivating touch. ! ni have an empire and mi .lino ..ie v-anmg rec.amniaiion. w, have not standard Oil reliuerv. and Senator aa? hall levealed our mines nor measured our ' MrM Harding got off the train and ihoo' uaterpouer. S e are unmatcl.eil in gemus 1 hiimls with a large number 0f Kfiwrf ne! uncxecded , industry. We are workprs who were there to greet him. progressive in education. We are free iu i . re.igion und nieau to stay free; and mean ever to be free in press especially. We have more than the beginning of an ade quate transport system. We are awaken ed to the possibilities of inland water ways and tardily ah rt to the imperative need of a merchant marine to widen com merce, world influence and national safety. ' ' We have been talking about the new south for a score of years' and more. It is new in spirit, new in development I would like to see it new in realization. I would like to acclaim a southland with added good fortune and greater self-reliance through diversified agriculture and I would like to see a southland aflame with industry. w'lh transportation ever a growing problem. This land of raw materials ought to manufacture and lo cate its factories by mine and farm and orchard. There will be no jealousy in the north because yenr greater glory will be glorious victory. "Here e are today at one of the great gateways of Latin-America. Some- how I feel that the western hemisphere is our special field t f influence and trade. Cmmerce marks the highways of friend ship as well as rivalry. Our trade routes by sea to the south ought to be as de pendable as our railway routes at home and there ought to be sufficient and re- assuring comity ami concord among 'rrericans Son'h, Cert'al and North. Bind our friendship with the ties of trade and we siall make it indissoluble, "We have sMs now. we hsve the comme'cial f oundntiopg, our future Pes in policies ard prsctices. We must buy es well as sell to be snre. but we need the expanding trade policy, its efficient nnenft in '.salesmen snd erdis and the r'mrle, pract;al uwderstandinjr - tht omrnerce is the life blood of material - T ME VIRTUE u rignte, us nation. This republic eaa not, will not fail, if each of us does hi part. If we but would work and use thriftily and seek that understanding whiih reveals mutuality of interest n . ilifliculties can long abide. Such a solu tion cannot come out of the greedy tV ughts of the profiteer of the revoln ti.n.iry agination of those who would de stroy. These are but surface disturb ances. If we choose the deep and ever onward currents of normal America tv the course of the republic. ' ' There has ueeu a wild 4nXemplatiuk of eariuiigs, wueuier ia wagou, or divi deuds, iu terms of dollars, rather than is terms ui purchasing power. We must be more concerned with the substance of roar a t'ur activity iu this coin measure nient. And our concern must be in S depuudubie prosperity which is right cousiy shared. "o law can alter nature or chang her varying moods. We haven't ytt learned to combat destructive weather and the law of supply and demand i eternal but we 1 y soften their rigox and minimize their penalties. We wans fortune a con. i n possession in America We want the cotton grower bf the souft -to have his becoming reward with th wool grower and the wheat fanner of the north. We want southern factories t be tuneJ to th(J muBic of miXt thJ north wat your their cargoei under tn6 American fla 10 bear th ssages of peace and good win to al, tho marta of the Xher, -8 m, 8 llm,i8m in ,iKhteous America n,Wyi;nna u fhi wnAre an(1 ;fc 1 comparable United States of Ameriev ', whieh sets our hearts aglow with beconv ing aspirations and patriotic love tnV Amrrica of the constitution, free an lonfident of the morrow." HARDING GIVEN WARM GEETING IN NEW ORLEANS i It l .e Associated Press.) i BATON KOUGH, La., Nov. 18 President -elect Harding was greeted by J,' mi people at .H:c!0 o'clock this morninf . i e-i !.'.-, .(cial train arrived here ea r irte ti N'e.v Orleans. Senator Hard !i(. .as iolro lic'ed to the crowd by Gov e. or I'.cker, of Louisiana, and made sln.:t s.'icch thanking the people foo ' their ioSrest und asking for tT'fa-ww. I oi er it. oi m the tremendous taa lay before him. Before BatgR I . was reached the train stopped at' NorrA. . i;iton Rouge, the site of the plant ot th PERSIAN PRINCE HAD THRILLING EXPERIENCE . (By The Associated Press.) GENEVA, Nov. 18. The report ol" the council of the league of nations wa again before the assembly of the league of nations for consideration at ta dnv's session, as was the election o six vice presidents who, with the chaii men of the assembly's six commission will comprise the bureau, or executivr committee, of that body. Ho announce ment of speakers had been made, bnt tar e ha rafter of the subject under disco sion opened the way for any one wits something to say to take trig, floor saw say it, thus holding out the possibility of an extended debate ranging over th entire scope of the league's activities.. The secretariat of the assembly was notified today that Prince Arfa-Ed-Dowleh, head of the Persian deJegatiosf to the assembly, had met with a thrillin adventure with a tragic end for sis sec retary, while the delegation was on . wny to Geneva from Teheran, the Persian- capital. Between Tsnshan and Shiran the prrner'1, was espnred by a robber band. TV TVoSrs sied the prince's papers sn kil'ed his seTerv. The prince mo ' a r authorities oventnall").' ; captured the band and restored the ps"" !pP-- T? j The prince is continuing hie jovnurf j i con' . i that he hoped to Srrive M j Geneva shortly. v" I T- w Ab wo amrl m I time for today's session wees eoHeetea t' CTw-,about t laTIeommeniB sn' edlT n eserdav's eommittM e1 Hs, in wMA Uh'j eonr.'-' i-t Ant the total cf 1? men and?1 vice chairmen. 11,